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Notes from Sections on
Monday, 18-Oct-2004
- build on same location?
- Puerto Ayora (~10k population now)
- idealized: place the town on Baltra
- ferry to old Puerto Ayora
- recycling plant in cooperation with other islands
- El Nino = lots of rain
- fire ants and rats (I hate ants)
- laws to ban importation of pets
- export invasive species (goats, dogs, etc)
- make sure pets don't effect the environment
- kill rats, but then they go to environment
- law
- electricity- sources
- nuclear: discarding nuclear waste; heat pollution
- wind- will it hurt the birds?
- solar
- water- power from currents in ocean
- but negative effects on marine life
- immigration- limit, also need enforcement
- needs:
- water
- collect rain water (but only useful during el nino)
- import?
- food
- imported
- some inefficient farms already present
- clothes and other products
- habitations
- materials: import
- limit kinds of materials (no asphault)
- limit new construction
- zoning
- waste cleanup
- can discard waste into the environment
- but how will these nutrients impact the environment
- dehydrate the waste before export (save weight)
- boats- can bring imported things to buy, then take back the waste
- are there factories on the island?
- jobs:
- tourists- hotel
- restrooms- urine-cleaning processes
- scientists
Things to research
existence of factories
population of puerto ayora
geography of baltra
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This web page created by Jill A. Rowehl
Email the author at ig3@mit.edu
Last Edited on
Saturday, 23-Oct-2004